Toilet seat



Patented ug. 16, 1927.

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EUGNE LoN noinannrn, or PARIS, FRANCE.

TOILET SEAT- i Application led overnber 14, 1923, Serial No. 674,603', and n'Great Britain November 18', 1922.

This invention relates essentially to a seat formed of one or number ofV sections adapted to set on a toilet or water closet bowl and it provides reinforcing members for uniting thesections or to prevent splitting ofthe wood parallel with its grain.

The covers for the seats of sanitary appliances as constructed up to theV present consist generally of a certain number-'of pieces of wood cut to the proper size which are simply -joined together by the groove and tongue method, or they are doweled or mortised and glued tog-ether. It sohappens in the majority of cases that they come ont of joint by the alternate actie-n of dryness and humidity. Furthermore, if they consist of one or more pieces,this method of construction fails to enable them to withstand the effect of stresses or flexure that will be set up transversely or longitudinally and which tends not only to dislocate the joints but also to break them in the direction of the grain or liber of the wood.

New, the seat, closure or cover constituting the subject-matter of the present invention is free from these drawbacks, in virtue of the fact that it comprises an interior reinforcement formed of threaded metal rods which absolutely counteract and resist the disjointing tendency of the parts, and which prev-ent the rupture or splitting of the wood in the direction of its fiber or gra-in.

The drawing herewith illustrates by way of example one embodiment of the invention and how it can be carried into practice.

Fig. l represents a plan view of a seat embodying this invention.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section taken along the line II-II.

Fig. 3 is a` side view drawn on a larger scale of one of the threaded metallic rods constituting the interior reinforcement.

The new closure consists of one yor a plurality of parts or pieces, e. g., l, 2, 3, et Fig. l, of wood cut to size, shaped, fashioned, or

bent, and of any convenient configuration. These pieces are provided with drill holes,

in the middle of their thickness as indicated in Fig. 2, and, preferably, in directions at right angles to the fiber or grain of the wood, as far as this is feasible. Into the holes are screwed metallic rods 5 of a suitable diameter furnished with threads. After the rods are screwed in place the ends are thereupon cut flush withl the outer periphery of the seat, closure or lid to render them invisible under the coat of paint or varnish which covers the surface of the article once it has reinforcement not only prevents the compo' nent pieces from receding from one another by action of variations in the hydrostatic condition of the ambient or surrounding atmosphere, but it likewise imparts to the assembly a high degree of rigidity at right angles or transversely to the fibers of the wood. y

This method, be it well understood, is applicable to the manufacture of closures or covers of any form or shape, dimension and proportion whatsoever in a general way, to all cases where the chief desideratum is to insure stability against longitudinal or transverse strain in a plurality of pieces no matter of what kind.

It must further be noted that the method hereinbefore described can likewise be used in closures or other objects of any sort made of a single piece.

j The closure or cover made of reinforced wood isy especially adapted for seats of toilets as shown and it includes one or a plurality of pieces of wood, traversed about the middle of their thickness by a metallic reinforcement consisting of threaded rods screwed to engage the holes, as faras possible in the direct-ion at right angles to the fiber of the wood, which rods prevent the component wooden part-s from expanding under the influence of atmospheric variations.

As indicated in the drawing in order' t further reinforce the forward portion of the Vseat a pair of threaded rods are screwed into bores extending through the side sections and partly into the intermediate section.y

These rods are arranged diagonally relative toV :the forward transverse rod and are screwed in from the outer edge of each secl tion. f

Each metal rod is threaded its entire length, so that when a rod is screwed into of the continuous helical thread engagement` with the bore the sections are practlcallyl united 'and cannot draw apart by warping y.or drying,

I claim l. In a toilet seat means to assemble the seat, threaded rods threaded in one direction to traverse the seat after assembling from side to side othev saine,and similar rods partly starting from a side of the same and linishing in the interior of the seat.

2. In a toilet seat means to assemble the seat, threaded rods threaded in one direction to traverse the seat after assembling, and means t0 render the ends of' the rods Cut'lush with the outer' periphery of the seat invisible nnderrthe coat of paint.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

EUGNE LoN EoKERLEiN. 

